Buckle for webbing.



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BUCKLE FGI? WEII'IGf APPLICATION FILED MIG-F' SM5,

S@ @Wk WALTER A. H

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BUCKLE FOR WEBBING.

specification of 'Letters LEPatent.A

Application To all whom z't'may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER a citizen of the United States, residing at.Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and Connecticut, have invented acerful improvement in Buc- State of againsty the eliminating of whichthe on :relates to lever buckles for designed to be strung so f webbingwill be k of the buckle .and the garoducing what is known the rustlesseEect, and its de a buckle of this characlever and back members ockingrelation when when webbed and e buckle lies close ebbing thereby e ofbuckle.

l attain this and other objects vention in the buckle set forth icorresponding parts.

ln the drawing: Figure l is a fr strung with webbing transverse verticalsectional View trally of Fig. l, and

Figs. 3 and 4, rear before the webbing is buckle thereto.

My buckle gener ber B. The back member is bent up out of a sing middleportion being` le thel bottom bar wire are then end of this bar to formthe lower bers 3, 3, then inwartheinselves to form the inwardly lingers4, 5 parallel with wardly f ormin piece of rolled aroun taken together wg the upper sid 6, 6 and inwardly again terminating' in the pintles 7, 7also para which pintles are preferabl ally meet.

y fashioned out tal having its top edge 8 d the pintles 7, 7 whichpintles ith the rolled edge S A. HOLDEN,

n the following description and accompanying drawing in which likereference characters refer to ont view of the buckle g Fig. 2, anenlarged and side views of the le piece of wire its ft straight tofol-rn The extremities of the bent upwardly from each diy and back uponthe bar 2, then upe members llel with the bar Q',

f continued un- The front mem- ?atented July 10, i917.

filed August 7, 1915. Serial No. 44,300.

be regarded as the top bar or side of the buckle.' In this mannerconnecting the front and back members. The middle of the lower edge ofthe front member is cut, preferably on a circle, andV bent to form theupwardly curled flangeA 9 the edge l0 of which under the bottom bar 2 sothat the rlatter will become seated in the curled flange 9 t0 effect alocking engagement between the following interposed ber is furtherprovided ywith depending lugs 11, 11 which may be grasped by the fingersto pull out the flange 9 from under the bar 2 to unlock and open thebuckle. rality of web-holding teeth or spurs 12 project from the frontmember and arev located so that, when the frontend back members will liein front of a vertical plane passed through the rear face 13 of the ltopside of the buckle. of my into punch them out of the body portion of thefront member and then bend them rearwardly leaving an opening as shown.The teeth, however, may be formed in any other manner provided they donot project rearv wardlv of the top side of the buckle when the biickleis closed.- One way of webbing the buckle is to fold one extremity a ofthe webbing C around the lingers 4, 5, which fingers taken together maybe regarded as the intermediate or This folded extremity a is fastenedon itself, by stitches Z1, b. The ther extremity of the webbingis passedforwardly between the bottom and intermediate bars and then rearwardlybetween the intermediate and top bars leaving a loop in the webbingdepending bel-ow the buckle carrying a cast-off 01` other suitableconnecting piece able the buckle to slide more readily on the \w,libiiigthe back member is preferably bent to bring the intermediate barslightly to the rear of the top bar so that it will be out of verticalalinen'ient with the latter, but not to such an extent as to prevent thewebbing from being deflected rearwardly by the top bar as shown. ln thepreferred form of my buckle disclosed herein the teeth will bear againstthe webbing, when the front and back members are locked together,.atpoints whore the webbing passes the websupporting bar, in" to be moreexact where the front layer of 'the webbing passes the underlying takencen attached preferably side memprojecting of a single lll tty a hingeis formedis arranged to snap,

One way to form theseteeth is web-supporting bar.

D. To en-A front and back members when the buckle is' closed. The loweredge of the front mem- A pluare locked together, the ends of these teethy invention.

however, in'l whatever form of buckle my' invention is embodied thatthewebengaging member of the lever should bear again the webbing atpoints'where the direction of the strain is-in a plane passed in backof. the axis ofthe hinge.

out the assistancev of the locking means which latter are employed tohold the bue# kle closed when thel webbing is slack.- It' shouldbeobserved that the teeth-do' not de- `flect the webbing away from thetop side of the buckle, as is the case in that style of ,buckle whereinthe teeth snap over or' swing.

beyond the top edge of the web-supporting bar, and for this reason thetop side of the buckle lies" close against the webbing. This from thetop side of the buckle is one o he principal featuresjof my pressionformed in the deflected portion of the webbing so that the hump causedby the extremity folded over this bar is relieved to such an eXtentaS tobe' inappreciable. It

-should be further noticed that the front member li'es close 'againstthe webbing since no space is required between any of the members-topermit the swinging movement of aradially disposedlever arm. In thedisclosure hereinl have employed a back member'-4 having webbingopenings both above .and below' Athe web-supporting bar since, in such acase, the lower bar or' side of the back member offers a ready means forentering into locking relation with the lever. `Itxis tol be understood,however, that my invention is not confined .to any particular number ofopenings or other details inthe structure of the back member so long asthis member is lprovidedrwith a web-supporting barand a pivotalconnection for the lever above' the bar. Thebuckle constructed'ad 5buckle comprising a back havin a web-supe porting bar and a web-holdingever pivoted .':o the back above said bar, the said buckle being strungvso that a running length of vbuckle but at pointswhere the pull on theIn this manner the strain on the webbing holdsthe buckle'closed with-lIt shouldl be noticed that theweb-supporting bar lies in a pocket orde-.

1 esame bar and' the .back of the buckle is covered with webbing, andthe said lever being ar!4 ranged to engage the webbing .without defiiecting it away from the top side of the lever`will hold thelbuckle'closed when the webbingis'under stress, andv means mounted onsaid lever and cooperating with said back which 'are arranged toenterinto locking engagement to hold the buckle closed when the we bingis'slack.

.2. A buckle comprising a back having an opening and a web-supportingbar underneath said opening, and a web-holdingflever pivoted 'te theback above said bar, in combination with webbing passed over the -ba'ckof said bar and a running length of webbing passed through saidopeningwhereby the back of the"buckle is coveredwith webbing, the saidlever having al1 of that portion which engages theV webbing disposed infront of a yplane passedthrough the rear face of `hold the buckleclosed4 when the webbing is slack. Y

3. A rustless' buckle comprising aback member having-a webbing opening`and a` "web-supporting bar underneath Said opening, and a web-holdinglever hingedb to the back member above said bar andarran'gedte enterinto lockin engagement with the back member when t' e buckle -is webbed'and v105 closed, 'the said lever having its web-holding portionarranged to bear against the webbing in a position whe-rey the directionofthe strain on the webbing is in a plane passed under the axis Vof thehinge', whereby the 1e- '110A ,ver will not deilect'the-webbing vawayfrom the'top side ofthe buckle and-the strain on the webbing willholdthe buckle closed.

4. A rustless buckle consisting solely ot 'a back member and a pivotedweb-holding lever member' each of'which is made in a single integralpiece, the said backv member havingI a web-supporting bar', andthe saidlever member beingprovided with means arranged/to enter into lockingengagement 12o with said back memberfwhen -the buckle is closed andhaving its web-holding portion, when the buckle is webbed and-'understress,

v arranged to engage the' webbing without detectingitaway' trom the topside of the 125 buckle but at points where .the pull ony the lever willhold the b uckle closed.

A` rustless buckle comprising a back member having a web-supporting barand webbing openings above and below said bar, 13d

